4/3 Event in Honor of Vietnam War POWs on the Hill

[Jessica Jagmin Brookins]

Greetings PREEA Members,

Our friends at the World Affairs Journal informed us of an event to honor some of the extraordinary POWs held at the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War.  Their remarkable story was told in Defiant, by Alvin Townely.  The author will be there and members of Congress and their staff have been invited as well.  Details below:

The World Affairs Journal Invites You

to Pay Tribute to the Extraordinary Eleven 

American POWs featured 

in the acclaimed book 

DEFIANT by Alvin Townley 

DATE: Thursday, April 3, 2014 

TIME: 6:00 PM

LOCATION: 201 Capitol Visitor Center 

In the U.S. Capitol Building

Honoring: 

Congressman Sam Johnson of Texas 

Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker, USN (Ret) 

Commander George T. Coker, USN (Ret) 

Colonel George G. McKnight, USAF (Ret)

Special guests: 

Chairman Pete Sessions, House Rules Committee

And members of the Texas Congressional Delegation